- 1). Log in to your WordPress dashboard and open the "Appearance" menu in the gray column on the left side of the page.
- 2). Click "Menus."
- 3). Click the "Menu Name" field and type a descriptive name for the custom menu. For example, if your WordPress theme has a menu at the top of each screen, you might call it "Top Menu."
- 4). Click the blue "Create Menu" button on the right side of the page. A new tab appears at the top with the name of the menu.
- 5). Locate the "Pages" section on the left side and click the check box next to the name of each WordPress page that you want to add to the custom menu. Click the "Add to Menu" button.
- 6). Scroll back to the top of the page. Each page that you have added to the custom menu is displayed as a gray button.
- 7). Hover the mouse pointer over one of the gray buttons until it changes to four crossed arrows. Click and drag the button to move it, and drop it to change the position of that menu item. Click the blue "Save Menu" button when you are satisfied with the position of each item.
- 8). Click a drop-down menu under "Theme Locations" and select the name of the custom menu that you have created. If your WordPress theme has multiple menu locations, there may be more than one drop-down menu in this area; click the drop-down menu for the location where you would like the custom menu to appear.
- 9). Click the "Save" button under "Theme Locations" to begin displaying the custom menu on your WordPress website.
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